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Alexander Iosad

Progress, policy, practice. Fifteen years in technology, education, & institutional reform. Historian of science by training.

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Hi, I’m Alexander. On this page, you’ll find a full index of my writing, examples of my public appearances, and background information about me.

Writing

Highlights

  • Sovereignty in the age of AI: Strategic choices, structural dependencies and the long game ahead Tony Blair Institute • Report • 2026
  • Public service reform in the age of AI Tony Blair Institute • Report • 2026
  • Governments are struggling. Can AI help? Google DeepMind · AI Policy Perspectives • Essay • 2026
  • Governing in the age of AI: A new model to transform the state Tony Blair Institute and Faculty • Report • 2024

Recent

  • ¶ Digital embassies and AI sovereignty: Building resilient states beyond borders Tony Blair Institute • 2026
  • What does the UK public think about digital ID? Tony Blair Institute • 2026
  • Delivering AI impact: A leadership agenda for turning technology into public value Tony Blair Institute • 2026
  • Generation Ready: Scaling safe, high-quality AI in England’s schools Tony Blair Institute • 2026
  • Defining Digital ID: Ideating a people centred and tech positive approach to digital ID in the UK Contributor • Demos • 2026
  • The US AI opportunity: Global leadership starts at home Tony Blair Institute • 2025
& 41 more in the full index

Commentary

Highlights

  • Good Afternoon Britain GB News • 2026
  • Does AI make you stupid? YIMBY Pod • 2026
  • Too late to re-wire the state? The Rundown by PoliticsHome • 2026
  • Home Affairs Select Committee: Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification UK Parliament • 2025

Quoted in

  • The Economist
  • The Telegraph
  • The Guardian
  • Express
  • Mirror
  • Independent
  • Daily Mail
  • The Times
  • Biometric Update
  • TES
Full commentary record

Experience

  • Member, Strategic AI Advisory Group • Welsh Government 2025–now
  • Director, Government Innovation Policy • Tony Blair Institute 2024–2026
  • Policy Lead/Senior Advisor • Tony Blair Institute 2021–2024
  • Engagement, Projects & Partnerships • Emerge Education 2017–2020
  • DPhil, History of Science • St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford 2012–2017
More about me
Working index of research & writing on progress & public-sector technology. Built with Claude & Codex. Typeset in BioRhyme, Bricolage Grotesque, & Brygada 1918. London, 2026.